Q: Is Pregnancy contraindication (Exclusion criteria) for Hypothermia Protocol?
A: Yes
Standard exclusions for Hypothermia protocol:
- Another reason to be comatose (e.g. convulsive status epilepticus)
- Pregnancy
- A known terminal illness preceding the arrest
- Known severe pre-existing coagulopathy or active bleeding (relative exclusion, esp for patients on warfarin)
- No limit on duration of resuscitation effort; however “down time” of less than 1 hour most desirable
- Pre-existing DO NOT INTUBATE code status and patient not intubated as part of resuscitation efforts
